1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (785+ words) A WOMAN WHO has waived her anonymity to name a Defence Forces member who sexually assaulted her as a child has said she hopes her decision will encourage other victims to come forward. Ella Hewson (18) was aged 14 when she was…...

3+ hour, 47+ min ago  (546+ words) THE DÁIL HAS approved legislation for the establishment of Ireland’s first domestic violence register. TDs voted to approve the Domestic Violence (Judgements) Register Bill 2026, also known as Jennie’s Law, following a debate this evening. It will now go to President…...

7+ hour, 27+ min ago  (439+ words) A MAN HAS been arrested in London on suspicion of sending threatening communications to an MP over an X post threatening to shoot Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday over the social media entry from…...

8+ hour, 59+ min ago  (345+ words) A WOMAN AND a teenage girl have been charged with the murder of 29-year-old Scarlett Faulkner in Tipperary. The 29-year-old mother-of-one was found lying on the R494 road at Birdhill on 21 March following an alleged assault. The Limerick woman was brought…...

13+ hour ago  (259+ words) THERE WERE MORE than 100,000 referrals to Tusla last year – the highest number ever. The most common type of child protection concern reported in 2025 was emotional abuse at 45%, followed by physical abuse (26%), neglect (16%) and sexual abuse (14%). The child and family agency…...

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15+ hour, 22+ min ago  (582+ words) TAOISEACH MICHEÁL MARTIN has slammed “filthy” and “horrific” posts left on the social media accounts of Jamie Carney, the US woman who was murdered in Killarney last week. Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly raised the matter in the Dáil on…...

15+ hour, 59+ min ago  (479+ words) COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICE ARE probing whether the suspect held over Ann Widdecombe’s killing was motivated by left-wing extremism and planning further violence against other high-profile figures. Detectives confirmed Widdecombe’s death was a “targeted attack”, and said whether the suspect in the…...

1+ day, 47+ min ago  (1202+ words) A HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT who undressed and washed a vulnerable teenage girl while she recovered from a tablet overdose at a Midlands hospital has been convicted of sexual assault. Papy Kadima Tshikala (52), Dunamaise View, Portlaoise, originally from the Democratic Republic of…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (496+ words) THE LAW SOCIETY of Ireland has said that only a small fraction of solicitors it has surveyed plan on remaining on the legal aid panel under a controversial new scheme. The body for Ireland’s solicitors on Tuesday urged the justice…...